October 2011
Vivian Hoette and Kevin McCarron presented a NITARP poster at the
Illinois Science Teachers Association meeting in October 2011. They
also gave a talk on our NITARP science and education.
September 2011
Mr. McCarron participated in a workshop at Yerkes Observatory
on Infrared Astronomy, incorporating things from his NITARP
experience.
January 2011
Mr. McCarron presented the results of his 2010 team's work at the
Seattle AAS in January 2011. Here is the team's science poster, education poster 1, and education poster 2. Please see
the AAS 2011 page for a
summary of this team's activities
September 2010
Mr. McCarron will be giving a talk about NITARP at
Astrofest
2010 in Kankakee, IL.
June 2010
Mr. McCarron visited IPAC in June 2010. Please see the
Summer 2010 visits page.
January 2010
Mr. McCarron is a new NITARP teacher this year, and has just started with his team.
He is excited about getting kids involved in the program. He has started to set
up additional astronomer interviews to supplement the experiences anticipated
through NITARP.
He had a fabulous time at the AAS, and really enjoyed meeting famous
astronomers whose work he'd read about or shows to his students on a
regular basis: Vera Rubin, Jill Tarter, John Grunsfeld, Neil DeGrasse
Tyson, and many more. He made many contacts at the AAS and got committments for additional
presentations at his school and at Yerkes Observatory.
He writes:
Attended Kepler announcement of the new planets. Later that day
teachers who were actually teaching in my high school e-mailed me to
tell me about the planets just discovered. I had to tell them I'd
know about that for hours. I was there at the announcement by the
scientists involved. [...]
In summary, this was amazing. For four straight days, if I'd thrown a
rock I would have hit a scientist. Priceless. Second, I connected
with people in the program. That was great. These are some talented
and really fun people. Third I got to see some friends and
colleagues to reconnect for present and future projects we are
doing outside NITARP. Fourth, I got to meet new scientists and
establish some new networks. I accomplished all my goals. It was a
great four days and I have a better understanding of the project and
how I can get students to do real research.
PS Every employee at
Oak Park and River Forest High School had to see my slide show. (Of
course I brought my netbook down to the boiler room to show the
engineers.) A few I had to chase to show them the second time, but
most gave up after a brief pursuit.
Kevin meets Jill Tarter.
Jeff Adkins
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John Blackwell
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Jacqueline Barge
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Christopher Border
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Kareen Borders
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Robert Bonadurer
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Merrill Butler
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Lauren Chapple
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Joseph Childers
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Howard Chun
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Wendy Curtis
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Richard DeCoster
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Stacy DeVeau
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Harlan Devore
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Cris DeWolf
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Velvet Dowdy
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Thomas Doyle
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Dean Drumheller
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Debbie Edwards
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Mike Ford
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Debbie French
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John Gibbs
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Peter Guastella
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Rosa Hemphill
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Ardis Herrold
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Vivian Hoette
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Chelen Johnson
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Virginia Jones
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Adam Keeton
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Susan Kelly
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Marcella Linahan
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Thomas Loughran
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Carolyn Mallory
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Anthony Maranto
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Christoper Martin
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Kevin McCarron
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Matthew McCutcheon
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David McDonald
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Shefali Mehta
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Cindy Melton
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Kate Meredith
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Lauren Novatne
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Kathryn O'Connor
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Caroline Odden
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Jeffrey Paradis
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Vincent Pereira
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Helen Petach
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Peggy Piper
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Peter Pitman
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Elizabeth Ramseyer
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Steve Rapp
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Theresa Roelofsen Moody
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Denise Rothrock
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Diane Sartore
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John Schaefers
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Sally Seebode
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Babs Sepulveda
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Timothy Spuck
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Darryl Stanford
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Linda Stefaniak
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Dwight Taylor
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Jennifer Tetler
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Beth Thomas
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Cynthia Weehler
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Lynne Zielinski
